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PERRY COUNTY – Tell City-Troy Township School Corp. will receive $147,050 from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of the endowment’s Comprehensive Counseling Initiative for Indiana K-12 students. Perry Central will receive the same grant in the amount of $117,800.

The county school districts are two of more than 50 public school corporations and five charter schools in Indiana selected to implement plans to help them meet the complex academic, college, career, and social and emotional counseling needs of their students.

TELL CITY – A jury from Crawford County deliberated less than an hour Friday evening before acquitting William Lillpop on all eight of the sex crimes he was charged with. The former owner of Tell City Cinemas had faced years in prison if convicted.

Lillpop, 41, was charged with three counts of child molesting, one count of attempted child molesting and two counts each of rape and sexual misconduct with a minor.

TELL CITY – Tell City police officers will earn longevity bonuses to their base pay sooner and more often under a salary ordinance adopted Monday by the Tell City Common Council.

The salary changes, Police Chief Derrick Lawalin said, follow summertime budget discussions on how the city can better retain skilled officers and shrink the pay gap between what the city pays its police officers and what they might earn from comparably sized communities.

Looking toward the future of a distinctive undertaking, Dawn and Shelby Brown are proud of this area’s rural heritage and their own. With Shelby spending a lifetime in farming and Dawn gravitating toward the crafts and antiques scene, they are venturing into their own unique blend of country niche that will see them open their own store near Gatchel.

BRANCHVILLE – Branchville Correctional Facility has named its employees of the quarter. Non-custody Employee of the Quarter is Angela Howland. She works as a human resource associate at the facility. She began her career at Branchville in 1993 as a switchboard operator. She also served as a personnel technician before being promoted to her current position.

Contractual Employee of the Quarter is Saundra Kvant. She is employed by Knowledge Services and she works as a secretary for Unit Team. She began her career at Branchville in 2017.

TELL CITY – The Perry County Port Authority, which oversees the local Hoosier Southern Rail, is aiming to conduct extensive rail-bridge upgrades in both Perry and Spencer County. The projects total about $6.3 million, and would be largely funded through a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.